L4.3.2.4: Depressions and Openings

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Ayen B.

Cards (9)

  • Depressions and openings (for passage of blood vessels and nerves)
    • groove
    • fissure
    • foramen
    • notch
  • Groove
    ● Furrow
  • Depressions and openings (others)
    • meatus
    • sinus
    • fossa
  • Meatus
    ● Canal or tunnel-like passageway
  • Fissure
    ● Narrow, slitlike opening
  • Foramen
    ● Round or oval opening through a bone
  • Notch
    ● Indentation at the edge of a structure
  • Sinus
    ● Cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane
  • Fossa
    ● Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface